A steady rain this afternoon one of those foggy cold damp days that always comes in November. The good news is that it is not very cold (52 degrees right now) and it is pretty easy on the wood pile. I have all of my wood in and am getting ready to split next years supply so it will be easy to put in next fall. No rush that is for sure.
I have a project underway developing a CD that contains a series of reports, am developing a new marketing seminar for guides and the lobbying season is winding up. That season should be in full swing by the second week in December. We will have a better sense of the political landscape after tomorrow.
So it is not a time with nothing to do but a change in what I do each day. More time sitting at my desk and none with a fly rod in my hand. I won’t complain I already spend more time fishing than most people and only missed a few days of the October woodcock season.
One part of being a guide that no one ever thinks about is the administrative side of the business, the time it takes and what it costs. I spent yesterday driving to Boston to renew my Coast Guard Operators license. In the old days I simply filled out all of the paperwork got my physical, a drug test and simply mailed it all in with my $95 fee. Not a small undertaking but nothing compared to the post 9/11 world. Now I am required to take all of that paperwork to the Marine Safety Office in Boston and be fingerprinted in person.
